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An angry Frank Lampard lashed out at his Chelsea players, calling them “lazy” after falling to defeat at Arsenal, whose season begins here, according to Mikel Arteta.
Chelsea traveled to Emirates Stadium in search of upgrading their title credentials, but was outmatched in every department when a young Arsenal ended their seven-game wait for a Premier League victory.
“I’m angry because I want us to win games,” Lampard said. Sky Sports. “It was an opportunity to go second against a team that is going through a difficult time. Either they make it difficult or give them a small opening and we did it from minute one and continued for 45 minutes. It was lazy to give away a penalty and lazy to give away a free kick that hits the top corner.
Arsenal move up to 14th place after their first league win since November 1, eight behind Chelsea, who dropped one spot to sixth and lost a chance to move to second in the table after a third straight away loss .
Lampard continued: “It was not good enough. We fought in the second half, but in the first half we gave ourselves too much to do. Players who came with speed, energy and intensity.
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“I will take responsibility from the outside, but the players also have to take responsibility. The message was clear: Arsenal are a dangerous team. When you go out and play 60 or 70 percent, you are not going to win any Premier.” League games.
“I’m very disappointed with how we approach the first half, it’s not tactics or systems, it’s whether you want to run, back your teammate, run or jog. And say ‘maybe I don’t have to run.’ – we made that decision instead of the correct one. “
Arteta: a turning point
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Mikel Arteta speaks to Sky Sports following Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Chelsea and hopes that the victory could be a turning point in their season.
Arteta hopes that Arsenal’s Boxing Day victory over London rivals Chelsea could be a “turning point” for his team.
The Gunners manager hadn’t tasted victory in the Premier League since 1 November, but he saw his team run out of convincing winners.
He said Sky sports: “It’s a great win for us. We are really disappointed with the results, not so much with the performances. Our players were suffering, our fans were suffering.
“There is nothing better than winning a London derby against Chelsea on Boxing Day. Hopefully this is a turning point. I know they can play at this level. We know how good Chelsea are, but the great moments of the game were the best team.
“Injuries, Covid, playing with 10 men … you start to think what we need to win a game.
“It’s good to give something back to the fans because I imagine they were really disappointed. We started well and we were dominant. That gives the team confidence.
“Let’s keep going. We still have great things to improve.”
Analysis: Arsenal youth connected
Alex Scott on Sky Sports:
“Arteta trusted youth and they added that element of freedom to it. They weren’t afraid to face players one on one.
“Today we saw a pattern of play with open players coming into the field to allow the full backs to bomb forward and create an overload. That in turn creates more opportunities in the last third, whereas before they were just making crosses.
“Today, Arsenal’s game has different dimensions that I haven’t seen before in many games.
“In previous games, I’ve seen the bonding game between Bellerin and Willian and there hasn’t been a connection. Today the connection was better today with the youngsters.”
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